Nordic stocks increased Friday, with the OMX Nordic 40 Index rising 0.7%.
Tele2 AB Series A was the biggest leader during the session, surging 10.1%, and Kaldalon Hf. gained 6.2%. Systemair AB rounded out the top three leaders on Friday, with shares rising 5.8%.
OX2 AB posted the largest decline, declining 6.6%, followed by Husqvarna AB Series B shares, which fell 4.7%. Shares of Husqvarna AB Series A fell 4.5%.
In Denmark, the OMX Copenhagen 20 Index increased 1.6%, and the OMX Helsinki 25 Index, which tracks Finland's most-traded stocks, rose 0.2%.
Stocks on Sweden's OMX Stockholm 30 Index gained 0.1%, and Norway's Oslo Exchange Benchmark Index_GI gained 0.8%. Shares in Iceland decreased, with the OMX Iceland All-Share PI Equity Index declining 0.2%.
Elsewhere in Europe, indexes were mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index steady and the FTSE 100 Index rising 0.3% from the previous close.
Stock indexes in Asia were up, with Japan's NIKKEI 225 Index up 0.3% and China's Shanghai Composite Index rising 0.4%.
In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 1.8%, while gold futures were unchanged. Bitcoin slipped 0.3% to $25,895.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index rose 0.4% to 98.60.
Against the euro, the U.S. dollar was up 0.5%, the Norwegian krone was up 0.1%, the Danish krone was flat, the Swedish krona was down 0.3%, and the Icelandic krona was down 0.5%.
Against the U.S. dollar, the Norwegian krone was down 0.4%, the euro was down 0.5%, the Danish krone was down 0.5%, the Swedish krona was down 0.8%, and the Icelandic krona was down 1.1%.
-This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch using technology from Automated Insights. Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet.
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